Kansas § 21-6303 Criminal distribution of firearms to a felon

Kansas Statutes

§ 21-6303 — Criminal distribution of firearms to a felon

Kansas § 21-6303

Ch. 21CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

Art. 63CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC SAFETY

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Kan. Stat. Ann. § 21-6303 (2026).

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(a)Criminal distribution of firearms to a felon is knowingly:

(1)Selling, giving or otherwise transferring any firearm to any person who, within the preceding five years, has been convicted of a felony, other than those specified in subsection (c), under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction or has been released from imprisonment for a felony and was not found to have been in possession of a firearm at the time of the commission of the felony;

(2)selling, giving or otherwise transferring any firearm to any person who, within the preceding 10 years, has been convicted of a felony to which this subsection applies, but was not found to have been in possession of a firearm at the time of the commission of the felony, or has been released from imprisonment for such a felony, and has not

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(a) Criminal distribution of firearms to a felon is knowingly:
(1) Selling, giving or otherwise transferring any firearm to any person who, within the preceding five years, has been convicted of a felony, other than those specified in subsection (c), under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction or has been released from imprisonment for a felony and was not found to have been in possession of a firearm at the time of the commission of the felony;
(2) selling, giving or otherwise transferring any firearm to any person who, within the preceding 10 years, has been convicted of a felony to which this subsection applies, but was not found to have been in possession of a firearm at the time of the commission of the felony, or has been released from imprisonment for such a felony, and has not had the conviction of such felony expunged or been pardoned for such felony; or
(3) selling, giving or otherwise transferring any firearm to any person who has been convicted of a felony under the laws of this or any other jurisdiction and was found to have been in possession of a firearm at the time of the commission of the felony.
(b) Criminal distribution of firearms to a felon is a class A nonperson misdemeanor.
(c) Subsection (a)(2) shall apply to a felony under K.S.A. 21-5402, 21-5403, 21-5404, 21-5405, 21-5408, subsection (b) or (d) of 21-5412, subsection (b) or (d) of 21-5413, subsection (a) or (b) of 21-5415, subsection (b) of 21-5420, 21-5503, subsection (b) of 21-5504, subsection (b) of 21-5505, and subsection (b) of 21-5807, and amendments thereto, K.S.A. 21-5705 or 21-5706, and amendments thereto, or K.S.A. 21-3401, 21-3402, 21-3403, 21-3404, 21-3410, 21-3411, 21-3414, 21-3415, 21-3419, 21-3420, 21-3421, 21-3427, 21-3442, 21-3502, 21-3506, 21-3518, 21-3716, 65-4127a, 65-4127b or 65-4160 through 65-4165, prior to their repeal, or a crime under a law of another jurisdiction which is substantially the same as such felony.
(d) It is not a defense that the distributor did not know or have reason to know:
(1) The precise felony the recipient committed;
(2) that the recipient was in possession of a firearm at the time of the commission of the recipient's prior felony; or
(3) that the convictions for such felony have not been expunged or pardoned.